BEER drinkers are hailing a victory against brewing giant Fosters over a pricing scandal linked to the downsizing of their favourite stubby.

A young driver and a passenger have survived after skewering a Ferrari with a roadside stobie pole at high speed in Adelaide today.

VICTIMS of crime in South Australia will get the right to suggest sentences under changes to laws proposed by the State Government.

THE Croatian police commissioner who oversaw the investigation into the disappearance of Melbourne backpacker Britt Lapthorne has lost his job.

TENS of thousands of Australians could win access to $25 billion of frozen life savings in a move to ease the financial crisis.

IF your shattered share portfolio has left you a little dispirited, here's an investment opportunity almost guaranteed to produce solid returns in the bleak months ahead - beer.

SHOTGUNS, knives, ecstasy tablets and a large amount of cash were found on three teenagers arrested in the lobby of an upmarket Perth hotel, police say.

THREE young men allegedly caught at an upmarket Perth hotel with shotguns and drugs have appeared in a Perth Court.

KEVIN Rudd's pledge to ease the financial pressure on families is failing with a growing number struggling to make ends meet.

THE dollar was weaker at noon, after hitting a new five-and-a-half year low in morning trade, as investors reduce their exposure to riskier assets such as high-yielding currencies.

POLICE in Queensland are hunting for a Cairns man who allegedly doused his two young kids and their mother in petrol and set them alight inside their Earlville home this morning.

AN original artwork by psychopathic serial killer Leonard John Fraser has been withdrawn after being posted for sale on internet auction site eBay.

THE owners of a puppy which was tortured and killed have condemned its accused tormenters.

A SOUTHERN Queensland council is to install special pickets to mark death or serious injury on roadsides to raise awareness of road safety.

ANGRY shareholders have lashed out at Suncorp-Metway's board of directors at its annual general meeting following a turbulent year for the company.

The final round of the Leaping Log Enduro Series was run and won on the weekend in the NSW town of Cootamundra with Prorider Motorcycles rider Luke de Graaf wrapping up the series aboard his KTM 53...

Red Bull KTM's Nathan Kanney ended the 2008 Can-Am Grand National Cross Country Season on a positive note with a dominant win at the Klotz Ironman GNCC in Indiana. Kanney lead every lap of ...

Honda is planning for a huge show at the 2008 Australian Motorcycle Expo, the biggest yet for the number one manufacturer in Australia.Honda’s comprehensive motorcycle range, including the ...

For the second year running, Port Macquarie rider Jacqui Jones has won the NSW leg of the Honda Girls on the Gas Competition and in doing so will get to defend her 2007 National crown next weekend ...

Yamaha privateer Aden de Jager has been injured at the Australian Supercross Championship and will rest up this week in an effort to be fit enough to compete in the weeks ahead."My footpeg ...